Therapeutical apparatus.



No. 735,581. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903..

v A. POLLAGSEK & B. BEER.

THERAPEUTIGAL APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED 001'. 20, 1902.

UNITED STATES PatentedAugust 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

THERAPEUTICAL APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,581, dated August4, 1903. Application filed October 20,1902. Serial No 128,067. (Nomodel.)

Toa/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ADRIAN POLLACSEK, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, and BER- THOLD BEER,a subject of the Emperor of AustriaHungary,both residing at Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Therapeutical Apparatus, of which the followingis'a specification.

This invention relates to devices which are intended for therapeuticalpurposes and by means of which vibrations of diseased parts of the bodycan be produced. A device according thereto comprises a solid or ahollow body made of a magnetic metal or aluminium or aluminium alloys ora hollow body of nonmagnetic material, which is filled with a magneticmetal and is introduced into a magnetic field of alternating power. Itis advantageous to form the solid or the hollow body so as to correspondto the part of the body to be treated. Such a body may consist of aplate, band, bar, pin, or tube. For treating external diseased parts ofthe body it is laid thereon, while for the treatment of the walls ofcavities it is introduced into the said cavities. The device may, forexample, be shaped as a cap to be placed on the head, and the cap may beintroduced into a magnetic field produced by an electric currentpassingthrough the windings of an iron core. The said current inducescurrents in the metallic con ducting-body, and these induction-currentsproduce the vibrations. The device can also be made in such a way thatthe metal body when brought into the magnetic field of alternating powerdoes not come into direct contact with the diseased part of the body tobe treated, but is connected by suitable rigid intermediate parts, asrods or tubes, with the plates, bands, bars, pins, or tubes, which haveto be applied to or inserted into the diseased parts of the body. Thevibrations are transmitted to the plates or the like by the rigidintermediate parts, Which'can be made of any suitable material.

In the accompanying drawings, .Figure, 1

represents an embodiment of the invention in.

the form of a cap adapted to be appliedto the head, and Fig. 2represents a modified construction wherein the cap is hollow.-

ais the body, made of magnetic material or of aluminium, forming thecap. With this body a is connected the core 1) of a coil 0, which is inconnection with the source (1 of the electric current. The body a can beeither made solid, as represented in the drawings, or it may be executeddouble-walled and form a hollow body.

We claim 1. A therapeutical apparatus comprising a magnetic body adaptedto be placed adjacent to the diseased portion of a patient, and meansfor transmitting vibrations to said magnetic body through an alternatingcurrent of electricity.

2. A therapeutical apparatus comprising a magnetic body adapted to beplaced adjacent to the diseased portion of the patient, a magnetic coreattached to said body, and means for inducing vibrations in said coreand body through an alternating current of electricity.

3. A therapeutical apparatus comprising a magnetic body adapted to beplaced adjacent to the diseased portion of the patient, a magnetic coreattached to said body, an electric winding surrounding said core,andmeans for inducing alternating currents in said electric winding.

4. A therapeutical apparatus comprising a hollow magnetic body, amagnetic core connected thereto, an electric winding surrounding saidmagnetic core, and means for inducin g alternating currents in saidelectric windmg.

5. A therapeutical apparatus comprising a magnetic cap adapted to beapplied to the head of the patient, a magnetic core attached to saidcap, an electric winding surrounding said core, means for inducingalternating currents in said electric winding.

In testimonyv whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ADRIAN POLLACSEK. BERTHOLD BEER.

\Vitnesses to the signature of Adrian Pol-f lacsek:

CARL FREIERT, PAUL ARRAs.

WVitnesses to the signature of Berthold Beer:

Josnr RUBRESCH, ALVESTO S. HOGUE.

